Report: Fox to Rebrand Fuel TV, Remove Sports Programming from FX in August

Fox Sports is expected to unveil a new 24-hour sports channel this
summer, and its arrival will likely signal the end of the UFC on FX
and UFC on Fuel TV-branded events as they are currently known.

According to a report from
Sports Media Watch , Fuel TV will be converted into Fox Sports
2 in August, while the Speed Channel will be converted to Fox
Sports 1. Fuel is currently in 37.6 million homes, while Speed is
present in 81 million households. Meanwhile FX, which previously
aired college football, Major League Baseball and NASCAR in
addition to UFC events, will no longer carry sports
programming.

It is currently unclear how this will affect the
UFC’s agreement with Fox, as the promotion has yet to make an
official announcement regarding the news. As it stands, the
promotion is set to air its seventh and eighth UFC on Fuel TV
events in February and March, with a ninth offering headlined by
Alexander
Gustafsson and Gegard
Mousasi set for Sweden in April.

UFC on FX 7 was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil this past Saturday, but
no more UFC on FX events are currently scheduled at this time.
However, “The Ultimate Fighter 17” debuts on the network Tuesday.
It is also unclear whether “TUF” will eventually be removed from FX
along with other sports content.

The UFC signed a seven-year deal with Fox in August 2011. As part
of the agreement, the promotion was to air events and other
MMA-related programming on FX and Fuel as well as quarterly events
on Fox.

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